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Stort

Stort proper noun: a river in Essex and Hertfordshire, England, which joins the River Lea near Hoddesdon.

Proper noun

Stort

  1. A river in Essex and Hertfordshire, England, which joins the River Lea near Hoddesdon.

Origin of Stort

A back-formation from Bishop's Stortford; apparently the river's original name was the Stour.

Questions about Stort

What does Stort mean?
Stort means a river in Essex and Hertfordshire, England, which joins the River Lea near Hoddesdon.
What part of speech is Stort?
Stort is a proper noun.

Words near Stort in the dictionary

  1. storrow
  2. storrowed
  3. Storrs
  4. Storsjön
  5. Storstrømmen
  6. Stort
  7. Storthing
  8. Storti
  9. Storting
  10. Stortis
  11. Stortz

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